Definition of "rumor mill" []

• A group or network of persons who originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims. (noun)

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• "The rumor mill has gone so far as to predict that tonight there will be a five-four split on the panel, and that it will come down to the vote of the French judge."